Salesman of Happiness

Is happiness for sale? Of course! In small jars, in large jars, even in family packaging. Mr. Peristeris makes a profession both exciting and unusual! Sells jars that contain happiness! Early in the morning he leaves with his truck to reach the customers who live, near the big oak tree! Mr. Peristeri’s rich and fruitful day comes to an end and as he leaves, he does not notice that a vase falls from the truck and is taken by Mr. Pontikis who makes a great discovery … This book is a masterpiece of illustration. In small jars, in large jars, even in family packaging. Mr. Peristeris makes a profession both exciting and unusual! Sells jars that contain happiness! Early in the morning he leaves with his truck to reach the customers who live, near the big oak tree! Mr. Peristeri’s rich and fruitful day comes to an end and as he leaves, he does not notice that a vase falls from the truck and is taken by Mr. Pontikis who makes a great discovery … This book is a masterpiece of illustration.
The pictures of Marco Somà are enchanting. It is an explosive fusion of details and colors that embrace the reader and drag him into an enchanted world, described in such a meticulous way that it seems real. The message contained in the pages of this little treasure is wonderful. The happiness we tend to treat as something ethereal, indifferent and impossible is actually closer than we think and consists of small things: a dinner with friends, a child’s smile, a heartfelt Christmas present, laughter of a niece … Happiness seems impossible and yet it is all around us, even in an empty jar! It is an explosive fusion of details and colors that embrace the reader and drag him into an enchanted world, described in such a meticulous way that it seems real. The message contained in the pages of this little treasure is wonderful. The happiness we tend to treat as something ethereal, indifferent and impossible is actually closer than we think and consists of small things: a dinner with friends, a child’s smile, a heartfelt Christmas present, laughter of a niece … Happiness seems impossible and yet it is all around us, even in an empty jar! As long as we stop and observe with the eyes of the heart! Davide Calì teaches (or repeats), through a simple story that true happiness is in small things and is already within us, as long as we know how to use it the right way. All it takes is a big or small box to give birth to a smile!
Davide Calì teaches (or repeats), through a simple story, that true happiness is in the small things and is already within us, as long as we know how to use it in the right way. All it takes is a big or small box to give birth to a smile!